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— Cutthecuts

"§ hard to believe. that the Vancouver.
‘Region-al. Transit Commission is even
nsidering cuts to existing North Shore

“tvansit service, 2. 7
“Think about it. Here, we are choking on”
exhaust fumes on crowded strects and bridges.
- Most commuters are 'in single-occupant vehicles.

"They sit comfortably in their me:al cocoons. Ch

«gure, sometimes the traffic is a little slow, but .
* chancesiare these drivers wili still. beat the bus

and make it:to their appcinted destinations on’

time and with tolerable levels of stress... |

“Tt'is a transit user’s lot in life these days to

; wait at, stops wondering if the bus coming

down the road will even stop for him. During

“ peak travel times, when it counts the/ most,

transit riders can’t even depend on timely com-
mutes. The routes that matter are packed. Aad
now it looks as if we’re going to be losing one

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I suspect more than a few

Tiddlycovians were a little ~saaggg_ A

saddened when. 83-year-old
Derrick Humphreys, for- ~
mer four-term mayor of
West. Van, withdrew last
week from this November's
mayoral race. ee
On first learning of his planned comeback, |

asked, could possibly want the hassle of running
even peaceful, decorous West Van for three long
years? :
Surely his ongoing public-gallery contribu-

: . ; ;
. seemonggoo'e amount of support for him 4

{ became evident — even among; -
opponents ofa decade ago when, you've eyed the gold

hither
and you

Loucks in North Van City —- only four years
Derrick's junior — was running for yet another
term that will take him into his third decade on
the job. In West Van Derrick knew the job back-
ward and could devote himself to it full-time.
He was convinced he could beat his former

of three aftemnoon rush-heur buses running

between UBC ‘and North. Vancouver...The™

North Shore could-also lose No. 240°15th

’ Sirect bus service after 8 p.m.
The SeaBus .already shuts, dewn. at 12:30 .

a.m, Transit planners apparently have’ no~

respect for students, people who work and any- ..

body who has.a-life that éxtends beyond sun-.
set. If anything we. néed:.more buses ind
extended hours of service. If the automobile
really is the enemy then put’ the approptiate
resources into transite.) poe
People will never make the choice to aban-
don their vehicles for regional travel and tr

public .transit unless. the system provides a’:
dependable, affordable and comfortable com- ,

muting experience.

‘Our civic: leaders should be shoutisig this .

from the rooftops.

d- see ker setties for |
. asa councillor: )
But as any Olympics co!

after eight years in the mayor's
chair; he was ousted by Don |
Lanskail. .
Against-all common sense, I
found myself being drawn into
the spirit of his age-detying
adventure, After all, Mayor Jack

Cuts to CBC
Radio wrong

Dear Editor:

T am outraged about the“
decision that was made regard- ”
ing the budget for CBC. From~
what { understand, there will be,

greater able to cope with’ cuts’
because of the variety of oppo!
tunities to gain’ revenue... -
CBC Radio’ has never -had
advertising, and it never will,
it is unfair to expect.it to bear
the burden of those cuts,"
CBC Radio is ‘what defines
me: as a Canadian more’. ti

anything else. It educates, enter

- tains, promotes. peace, ; unde
} standing, and cultural ‘div
‘and contributes’ significantly

management decisions}:
left. to the-public’of

coniped
¢ silver-always

ittle less brightly.

WINNERS in the recent ninth

Gibson “Tee Up” Tournament
commemorating B.C.’s legenda

Woods" MLA — were Kathy Power,and:
Jackson. Betty Johannsson witl Bob:
Wartenberg and Sheri Conley. with Al
Puddifant tied forthe runier-up spot’.

the Better Late Dept. a “Goliden'50” sa

West Van’s Jim and Betty MacCarthy who ¢
ebrated their marital half-century Saturday, Sep)

tions to council, his province-wide networking,
his long years of civic service as a North Van and
West Van alderman prior to his initial election as
mayor in 1978, his memoirs (soon to be pub-
lished), his family and his bowling club — surely
all this should be enough to keep any octoge-
narian out of mischief in his sunset years. ;

The problem being that Derrick Humphreys
bears no resemblance to “any octogenarian.”
Impeccably groomed, mentally as sharp as a nee-
dle, his walk brisk and upright, he could pass for
15 to 20 years younger.

Nevertheless, 1 felt that the age thing alone
would beat him at the ballot box, as it will
almost certainly beat Bob Dole, 10 years his
junior. But as the days passed, a surprising

protege, Coun, Pat Boname, who is definitely
running for the top post. He believed the other
mooted contender — Coun. Andy Danyliit —
would back off rather than give up his safe
council seat. He had it all figured.

in the end thought: Yes, it’s still crazy —
but what fim! ff, agains: all the odds, he pulls ir
off, what'a wonderful message for West Van's
aging Boomers who worry about their juices
drying up after 65. And even if he fails, what a
spectacular way to bow out.

So when Derrick pulled back last week —
announcing that, for family reasons, he'd forget
about running for mayor and stand for council
instead — I felt genuine disappointment. Not
that he wouldn’t also make a great contribution

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21... Many happy returns of tomor
26, to former West Van MP Mary Collins
And loving birthday wishes Saturday, Sept.2
to Dorothy Wright = your scribe’s very defi
nite better half! So

saa .

WRIGHT OR WRONG (according to.
Napoleon Bonaparte): Glory is fleer*77'5u
obscurity is forever,

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